ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 41209
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Date: | Tuesday 20 June 1995 |
Time: | 16:45 |
Type: | de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver |
Owner/operator: | Alaska Wilderness Lodge |
Registration: | N1348 |
MSN: | 1348 |
Year of manufacture: | 1959 |
Total airframe hrs: | 9499 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Nondalton, AK -
United States of America
|
Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Kukaklek Lake, AK |
Destination airport: | Port Alsworth, AK |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE CERTIFICATED AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT OF N1348 AND 3 PASSENGERS WERE NORTHWEST BOUND AT 200 FEET OVER A REMOTE RIVER. THE BUSINESS FLIGHT WAS EN ROUTE TO A FISHING LODGE AFTER PICKING UP LODGE CLIENTS FROM A REMOTE LAKE. THE CERTIFICATED COMMERCIAL PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF N7832H WAS SOUTHBOUND AT 200 FEET OVER THE SAME AREA OF THE RIVER. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE TWO AIRPLANES COLLIDE AND DESCEND INTO THE RIVER. THE WITNESSES DID NOT OBSERVE EITHER AIRPLANE TAKE EVASIVE ACTION. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED AS SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 3,500 FEET AND A VISIBILITY OF 25 MILES. CAUSE: THE FAILURE OF BOTH PILOTS TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT.
(Mid-air collision with private Piper PA-12 N7382H. The Beaver was rebuilt to VH-PCF 2004/2005)
Sources:
http://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=20001207X03574&key=1 http://www.dhc-2.com/id802.htm
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
18-Jul-2011 12:47 |
TB |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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